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Originally Posted by MacDaddy77
backlund/toffoli are too old to give extensions to. and Toffoli is coming off a career year for points so will be north of $5-6MM for probably 5 years at least. Flames cant keep him till he's 36+
holding onto Toffoli also doesn't really open up a roster spot as the RW now has
Toffoli/Coronato/Coleman/Duehr
Honestly I would be ok with all 3 of Backlund/Toffoli/Tanev all being traded by the draft.
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You are assuming 8 year extensions or something. Backs will be offered 3-4, and probably not much of a raise if anything. I think Lindholm is harder to sign. And what he comes to the Flames with (if he even does) determines whether you work to extend Backlund.
I do think it's not a bad time to cut Toffoli loose and get a haul for him from a team that can and will use him well. Maybe LA.